French Fridays with Dorie: Asparagus soup

Or, as Dorie says on page 58 of Around my French Table about this week’s French Fridays with Dorie recipe, “Enfin! It’s spring!”. A delicate, simple soup with just asparagus, onion, leek, shallots and garlic (although I actually used vegetable stock instead of water and added a touch of thyme too), it begs to be served in small portions – as Dorie says, serving in “smaller-than-usual-proportions […] adds to the soup’s sophistication.” So, I served it in shot glasses. Kind of like a “cheers to spring” – now it’s finally here!

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You and Dorie are absolutely right (per usual). This is a soup that needs to be served “small”. I actually think most fruit and veggie soups need a petite container. I also agree that this was a sophisticated soup only I didn’t know if that was actually true or just me. Loved the purity of it. A lovely presentation, Mardi, with your addition of thyme.

Mardi, I love your idea of shot glasses! This was pretty good. I think I was a little stuck on your Food Revolution project though, because I ended up adding making home made (corn) muffins to my post! Ha!
Your photos look great – just love that idea!